Chapter 367: 363. Zhang Ran's Attitude (Please subscribe, monthly tickets!)

After Zhang Ran finished delegating the matters here, he immediately sent the information he knew to the technical department.

This was also the reason why he sought out these people on the ground; it was much more useful than the tedious steps of conducting investigations one by one, assigning tasks, and formulating mission plans.

With a suspected person identified, the rest would depend on the regular forces.

Half an hour later, Zhang Ran received news from the technical department, confirming that it was indeed this person named Wu Tian who had kidnapped Zhang Siyan.

Wu Tian was just a small-time thug, not a professional kidnapper, and he had left behind many loopholes.

At first, perhaps because there were no leads, Zhang Ran did not dare to be too certain, but once there was a lead, the subsequent matters became much easier to handle; there were simply too many flaws.

Furthermore, Zhang Ran had received another piece of news, which was that Li Daliang also seemed to be involved and was likely one of the kidnappers.

Now the technical department had already begun tracking their movements; Wu Tian still had some brains, so he had changed cars several times along the way—he still had the connections for that.

Zhang Ran leaned against the car door, head lowered, smoking a cigarette.

He had considered many, many things for the safety of his family; from his initial stance to his later blunt threats, he was expressing a bottom line: absolutely do not touch his family!

Huang Lin and these people all understood this, and coupled with their fear of Zhang Ran's unknown methods, they had never harbored such thoughts.

But despite all his precautions, Zhang Ran had not guarded against someone like Wu Tian.

From the currently known situation, it was very likely that Zhang Siyan had accidentally revealed her wealth, coupled with the occasional careless slip of the tongue by the person who called earlier, saying that he was also just a demolition household.

Then it was very likely that Li Daliang had let that slip, and judging from the current situation, he was also involved in it.

Zhang Ran thought for a long time, smoked five or six cigarettes in a row, and finally called the lead young man over.

"This brother, what is your name?" Zhang Ran asked.

"My name is Chen Gao," the young man said.

"Chen Gao, is it? I have a request," Zhang Ran said.

"Mr. Zhang, please tell me what you need. We came here this time to follow your command," Chen Gao said immediately.

Zhang Ran looked at him with burning eyes and said, "I hope that in the upcoming rescue operation, you will do your utmost to protect the safety of my daughter and her companion."

Chen Gao nodded and said, "This is our duty, please rest assured, Mr. Zhang."

Zhang Ran shook his head and said, "Do you know why I asked for you people to come? Why I didn't go directly to the police?"

Chen Gao did not answer, and Zhang Ran continued, "That is because they have certain concerns about many things, and their main duty is to solve cases; when making arrests, they mostly focus on capturing people—this is their instinct."

"But you are different. You have experienced the trials of blood and fire; you are soldiers. So, I hope that once my daughter encounters danger, I hope you can nip the danger in the bud beforehand, without needing to show mercy."

Chen Gao understood Zhang Ran's meaning now, but his expression was somewhat conflicted; if this were on the battlefield, he would do so without hesitation, but now they were within the country.

"I will speak with your superiors. No matter what happens, I will take responsibility for it. Please rest assured about this," Zhang Ran said in a deep voice.

After finishing, Zhang Ran directly dialed the previous phone number, briefly explained the situation, and then added, "After this matter is over, I will give each of them one million. Please handle this matter."

"Alright, no problem." The person on the other end also knew that Zhang Ran's mood was not good at the moment, so they said immediately.

"Old Zhang, don't be anxious. Since they have already asked you for money, they won't make things difficult for your niece. Don't worry too much."

"Mm, thank you." Zhang Ran didn't say much else and offered a word of thanks.

Immediately after, Zhang Ran handed the phone to Chen Gao. Chen Gao took the phone, listened, and then immediately stood at attention.

"Yes!" After responding with that final word, Chen Gao returned the phone to Zhang Ran.

"I will leave it to you from here on," Zhang Ran said in a deep voice.

"Guarantee to complete the mission!" Chen Gao said crisply and cleanly.

He had also heard Zhang Ran's words just now; a reward of one million, and it was legitimate money approved by the superiors, which made his heart grow hot.

He then discussed it with his few brothers, clearly expressing the orders from above and Zhang Ran's intentions, and the other eight men were also stirred with spirit.

They were not greedy for money, but who doesn't like money, especially legal and compliant money?

Inside the old forest, in a small wooden hut that had been abandoned for a long time, Zhang Siyan and the others had regained consciousness, and Li Mingli was looking at her father in disbelief.

She truly did not expect that Li Daliang could actually do such a thing.

"Li Daliang, you... why did you do this?" Li Mingli growled.

Facing her daughter's questioning, Li Daliang had no expression on his face; instead, he persuaded her, "Lili, this is 150 million! We couldn't even get a fraction of that in a lifetime of work. Once we get the money, we can live a carefree life anywhere we go."

"Don't you want nice clothes? After this is over, Dad will buy them for you."

Li Mingli looked at Li Daliang in complete despair; she used to think that although Li Daliang was already a scoundrel, at the very least he still had a shred of humanity.

Now she felt that Li Daliang had completely lost every shred of humanity.

"Siyan is helping you, are you even human?" Li Daliang's wife shrieked and cursed; she also could not accept such a reality.

Li Daliang was cursed by the two of them in turn and became impatient, slamming the door as he left.

Li Mingli looked at Zhang Siyan, and tears flowed down uncontrollably, "I'm sorry, Siyan, I'm sorry. It was me who harmed you, I'm sorry."

Zhang Siyan had been very panicked at first, but now she had calmed down. She said in a low voice, "It's okay, this matter isn't your fault. Don't blame yourself too much."

"What they want is money. My dad will definitely save us; don't worry."

At this moment, Zhang Siyan began to comfort them.

Outside the door, Wu Tian and the others were also discussing the matter of the money.

"Then what do you say we should do? How the hell would I know how much 150 million is?" Wu Tian puffed on a cigarette in irritation.

Having been reminded by Zhang Ran, Wu Tian also realized that this 150 million seemed to be quite a lot; one or two people simply couldn't take it.

"Tian Ge, I heard that banks have a kind of anonymous card. Do you think we can make him use this kind of bank card to give us the money?" a lackey suggested.

They were originally just small-time street thugs who had done this in a moment of heat; they didn't have much worldly experience, and being able to think of such a method was already quite good.

Wu Tian's eyes lit up, and he then said, "That works, let's use that. But we need both the bank card and cash."